Wednesday, December 24, 2008

The UAW's Concession? A Giant Middle Finger to the People

It's a Christmas miracle! The White House gave the UAW....I mean Chrysler and GM....a $17 billion bailout with some loose conditions. One of the urgings from President Bush was that the UAW make deeper wage cuts to ease strain on the manufacturers. Well, just like any standard con artist, UAW President Ron Gettlefinger has changed the rules mid-way through the game. Instead of meeting with the auto companies to renegotiate wages and benefits as Bush had requested, Gettlefinger now says that the UAW will work with Obama after he takes office to renegotiate the bailout terms instead! He says he will work to remove the wage cut requirement. How fun. "Give us the money.......thanks, and now that we have it, screw the taxpayers." Gettlefinger and the UAW are working hard to ensure that Americans won't feel an ounce of sympathy for them when they finally do lose their jobs and the companies go under.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I've said it before and I'll say it again: everyone involved in this bailout should be tried and thrown in jail. If Obama renegotiates the terms after he takes office, he should be impeached and thrown into the street.

What a sham the government has become when these things happen. What can be done though? We get ourselves into these messes by electing complete losers with no real credentials.

God help us these next four years, cause we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg now.

digitalH2O